forgiving_nil 0.0.1

data/.gitignore

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+*.gem
+.bundle
+Gemfile.lock
+pkg/*

data/Gemfile

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+source "http://rubygems.org"
+
+# Specify your gem's dependencies in forgiving_nil.gemspec
+gemspec

data/README.md

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+```ruby
+some_obj.big.long.chain.of.methods.that.breaks.because.of.a.nil
+# => Exception, nil or the result of the last method call
+
+!some_obj.big.nil? && !some_obj.big.long.nil? && !some_obj.big.long.chain.nil? && !some_obj.big.long.chain.of.nil? #.....................
+# => lame
+
+nil.forgive { some_obj.big.long.chain.of.methods.that.breaks.because.of.a.nil }
+# => nil, or the result of the last method call
+```

data/Rakefile

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+require "bundler/gem_tasks"

data/forgiving_nil.gemspec

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+# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-
+$:.push File.expand_path("../lib", __FILE__)
+require "forgiving_nil/version"
+
+Gem::Specification.new do |s|
+  s.name        = "forgiving_nil"
+  s.version     = ForgivingNil::VERSION
+  s.authors     = ["Finbarr Taylor"]
+  s.email       = ["finbarrtaylor@gmail.com"]
+  s.homepage    = ""
+  s.summary     = %q{Forgiving Nil lets you forget about nil exceptions conveniently and temporarily when required}
+  s.description = %q{You can simply ask nil to forgive you: nil.forgive{real_object.might_be_nil.dont.care} #=> nil or the value of care}
+
+  s.rubyforge_project = "forgiving_nil"
+
+  s.files         = `git ls-files`.split("\n")
+  s.test_files    = `git ls-files -- {test,spec,features}/*`.split("\n")
+  s.executables   = `git ls-files -- bin/*`.split("\n").map{ |f| File.basename(f) }
+  s.require_paths = ["lib"]
+
+  s.add_development_dependency "rspec", "~> 2.6"
+end

data/lib/forgiving_nil/nil_class.rb

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+class NilClass
+  attr_accessor :forgiving
+  def method_missing(name, *args, &block)
+    return self if @forgiving
+    super
+  end
+  def forgive
+    return super unless block_given?
+    @forgiving = true
+    result = yield
+    @forgiving = false
+    result
+  end
+end

data/lib/forgiving_nil/version.rb

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+module ForgivingNil
+  VERSION = "0.0.1"
+end

data/lib/forgiving_nil.rb

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+require "forgiving_nil/version"
+require "forgiving_nil/nil_class"
+module ForgivingNil
+  # nothing
+end

data/spec/forgiving_nil_spec.rb

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+require "forgiving_nil/nil_class"
+describe ForgivingNil do
+  it "has no effect by default" do
+    lambda { nil.foo }.should raise_error
+  end
+  it "forgives nil" do
+    nil.forgive { nil.foo.bar }.should be_nil
+  end
+  it "only forgives temporarily" do
+    nil.forgive { nil.foo.bar }
+    lambda { nil.foo }.should raise_error
+  end
+end

metadata

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+--- !ruby/object:Gem::Specification
+name: forgiving_nil
+version: !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+  version: 0.0.1
+  prerelease: 
+platform: ruby
+authors:
+- Finbarr Taylor
+autorequire: 
+bindir: bin
+cert_chain: []
+date: 2012-01-24 00:00:00.000000000Z
+dependencies:
+- !ruby/object:Gem::Dependency
+  name: rspec
+  requirement: &2163036200 !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+    none: false
+    requirements:
+    - - ~>
+      - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+        version: '2.6'
+  type: :development
+  prerelease: false
+  version_requirements: *2163036200
+description: ! 'You can simply ask nil to forgive you: nil.forgive{real_object.might_be_nil.dont.care}
+  #=> nil or the value of care'
+email:
+- finbarrtaylor@gmail.com
+executables: []
+extensions: []
+extra_rdoc_files: []
+files:
+- .gitignore
+- Gemfile
+- README.md
+- Rakefile
+- forgiving_nil.gemspec
+- lib/forgiving_nil.rb
+- lib/forgiving_nil/nil_class.rb
+- lib/forgiving_nil/version.rb
+- spec/forgiving_nil_spec.rb
+homepage: ''
+licenses: []
+post_install_message: 
+rdoc_options: []
+require_paths:
+- lib
+required_ruby_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+required_rubygems_version: !ruby/object:Gem::Requirement
+  none: false
+  requirements:
+  - - ! '>='
+    - !ruby/object:Gem::Version
+      version: '0'
+requirements: []
+rubyforge_project: forgiving_nil
+rubygems_version: 1.8.10
+signing_key: 
+specification_version: 3
+summary: Forgiving Nil lets you forget about nil exceptions conveniently and temporarily
+  when required
+test_files:
+- spec/forgiving_nil_spec.rb